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ATTORNEY May 2, 1944. H. NA'FTALI ETIAL NECKTIE 1938 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed March l0 downwardly, to create a neat Patented May 2, 1944 UNITED STATES 2,341,708 NEC'KTIE Henry Naftali and ValentineY N. Y., assignors, by

Naftali, Bronx,

mesne assignments, to

Dimple Tie Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application March. 10, 1938, Serial No. 195,038

Claims.

The present invention desirably relates to neckties of the four-in-hand type, but is not necessarily restricted thereto as will become apparent. It has been found desirable with some persons who use four-in-hand ties, and with those who display such ties in tiedposition in show windows, to cause a visible depression in the face material of the tie itself, which depression is located just below the cross-over portion of the knot of the tie and is usually located mid-way between the side edges of the tie and extends. and more or less ornamental or dressy appearance. In the case of shops which have su'ch ties on display in their tied vention are desirable because painstaking eiorts are not requiredin order to create the ornamental effect, inasmuch as the one who ties the tie has means available within the tie itself which do not require that in the iirst instance the. tier of the tie see that the ends are in a definite position relative to each other before tying the tie, or that the tie is so tied as to cause a small dent or depression to appear just below the knot, with no continuation of the depression entering upwardly 5 above stated, the

(Cl. 2-1j46) into or through the knot. If the tier of the improved tie takes a little precaution to have the knot occur in its .own intended zone having the improved means located primarily in the position chances are that the desired ornamental effect will be created without failing in the attempt.

With these and other objects in view our invention consists of certain novel features to be hereinafter described and then claimed with reference to the accompanying drawings showing three of numerous ways in which the invention may be accomplished.

In the drawings condition, the window or other dresser takes pains Fg- 1 1S e Perspective View illustrating a Collar to provide such an ornamental appearance. together With e' feufm-hend tie embodying the For in-hand ties have been marketed which do present invention, tied so as to create the desired not require as much painstaking adjustment to Omememel appearance; obtain the depression, inasmuch as the orna- Fg- 2 is a Plan 0f 011e improved form 0f a fourmentaldepression is preformed, or is intended to irl-hand tie Partly broken awe-Y Such tie being be caused to 'be formed, in the knot portion of Side Out, but folded at aengles to the tie so as to appear at a point just below the position in which the tie takes when it is nished, cross-over portion of the knot, but if care is not thus Showmg an intermediate Step in the pm' taken te regmete the 1engths of the ends ef the cedere 0? making it that Way; tie, or if separate indicating means are not pro- Fig- 15 an enlarged transverse Section 0n Ime vided, such depression will not be located at the 3@ Fig' 2; exact point desired-but win be within lthe knot F15 4 is a Smgle .lme 0r Skeleton Cross'secto itself and thus hidden from view, or be way down corresponding to Flg' 3 but-not attempting to below the knot However Such depressions in Y illustrate the fabric as such, so as to more clearly former ties only appear as small dents, each lo- 3o lilstrate this stage in the making of the compl-ete `cated at a restricted spot in the tie intended to appear below the knot, and great care must be 5 rlls atranrslverse sction on the une 5-5' taken in tying and adjusting the tie. co'din (fngetaseatieya ter it' has resumed its Under the present invention we overcome the ducing the depression extends in the length of 5 5.

the tie, so as to primarily begin the desired depression at a point in the tie adjacent the upper aw?? gnhg- 'ogledbg ggnbl edge of the cross-over portion of the knot, so that being indi-cated in broken unes.

when the main or display end or front portion of 4o Fig 3 is a View similar to Fgjy except that y por on:

knot, the desired ornamental effect follows and Fig. 9 illustrates those portions of the improved appears below the Gross-Wel: Portion 0f the knot' tie which are located adjacent the ultimate knot Therefore, the improved ties of the present inof the tie', and indicates how the depression of the present invention may be iirst generated before the wide front portion of the tie is inserted back of the crossover portion of the knot, parts being indicated in broken lines;

Fig-10 is an exaggerated single line or skeleton view taken on line ill-IIL Fig; 1, to show the depression in the frontportion of the tie;

Fig. 11 is an exploded diagrammatic view to illustrate a portion of the method used in making the ties of Figs. '1 and 8;

sponding with the section in Fig. 14;

Fig. 16 is an enlarged detail view to show how the display fabric of the tie may be caught by a blind stitch;

Fig. 17 is another slight modification of what is shown in Figs. 7 and 8; v

Fig. 18 isi'a transverse sectionon the line |8|8,

Fig. 17, and corresponds more or lesswith Fig.

I ;'and

Fig. 19 shows another modification in skeleton outline.

Referring to Fig. 1, inf particular, the tie 20 may :be composed of fabric or other material which is desirable for neckties. The finished knot 2| i-s preferably caused in the usual way by the one who ties the tie, such tie having the Wide front portion 22 which is suspended below the knot. A novel ornamental depression tuck or fold 23 is shown as protruding into view at a point below the knot 2|, and is also seeninl Fig. 10. Referring to Figs. 2, 7 and 8, the wide front portion 22 of the tie is fully shown, and a portion of the narrower part 24 of the tie at the opposite end thereof is shown. y

'I'he improved tie is preferably provided with a woven fabric lining 25, and, when it is, the lining is preferably resilient or elastic and cut on the bias, and may be connected with the body portion of the tie by a longitudinal line of loose stitching 26. When such a lining 25 is employed in the former practice it is usual to have the stitching 26 extend close to the outside of the seam of the tie material, as shown in Fig. 7, but that is not always necessary. The present invention preferably relates to .a tie provided with a resilient lining such as described, as that is a construction now widely on the market, although the invention is not restricted to such type of four-in-hand ties.

. Referring to Fig. 9. the desirable depression 23 may be caused by starting it from the point i of generation indicated by 23a. at the top of said figure. One way of obtaining such effect will now be described.

.A tie is flattened out as shown in Fig. 2, but to a positionwhich is at right angles to the ti'e itself when it is ready for use, that is to say,

. the tie is folded lengthwise and flattened out so that the loose stitching 28 may if desired be located directly adjacent one edge of the so .flattened out tie. In any event the so folded tie will have folds to each side oi.' the original fold lines of the tie. The tie is now subjected to the operation of a. suitable stitching machine, readily attainable, which makes a line of stitching 28 shown in Figs. 2 to 11 inclusive. It is preferred to do this stitching by machine, although it can be done by hand, and the thread to provide the stitching 28 may have a knotted end 29 shown in Fig. 2. The object is to make the stitching 28 preferably loose in the tie and lining, and it will be seen from Fig. 3 that it extends through all of the material and along'lines adjacent the fold in the back of the tie. In Fig. 2 the aforesaid stitching 26 is omitted for the sake of clearness andto avoid confusing it with stitching 28. However, there might 'not be any stitching 26 at usual manner, the

all inthe tie. The stitching 28 preferably extends along a reasonable length of the wide front portion 22 of the tie so that it will occupy a part or 'al1 of the zone of that portion of the knot which is under the cross-over portion 21 of the knot after'the tie has been adjusted. If desired the stitching 28 may only occur at the top of the knot portion or may run for the entire length of the tie.

In the embodiment of the invention shown, itis preferred to designate the stitching 28, if it is a loose stitching, as a gather-up thread inasmuch as it preferably is a loose one to form a gather or tuck, for reasons to be explained. After the stitching 28 has been made in the4 tie, the tie is again flattened out to the ultimate finished shape which it has when it is ready for use, that is, it is attened out to a position which is at right angles to the position shown in Fig. 2.

The tie will now have the condition shown in Figs.

7 and 8, and, as the thread or stitching 2li is preferably loose, the second flattened out position can be readily assumed, and then the tie has a back portion 3|) (Fig. 7) and in the construction shown lthe seam 3| will extend along the back longitu- 33 extending longitudinally of the back, but arranged in alternation atopposite sides. of the actual exposed seam 3| of the tie unless the seam is at the edge of the tie or elsewhere'. The tiewill also have through stitches 34. Fig. 11. that is,

stitches which pass through the thickness of the tie, but, as shown, through the back portion of the tie, such stitches connecting the back 30 with the lining 25. 'I'he tie will also have transverse stitches 35, as shown in Fig. 8, which are over the lining 25. Hence the through stitches 34 will be at opposite sides of an imaginary line centrally along the tie; as shown, however stitches 34 are at opposite sides of the stitching 28 which connects the tie with the lining. Obviously the stitches 25 may also pass into or be tacked only to the inner surface of the front part 32, in the manner `of blind stitching.

'I'he direction in which thestitching preferably runs, when caused by a sewing machine or by hand, is designated by the arrows in Fig. 11 which is an exploded view to graphically illustrate the preferred position of the stitches 33,. 34 and 35 with respect to such imaginary center line. As the stitching preferably is loose. it does not interfere with the flattening out ofl the tie into the position shown in Figs. 7 and 8, and ifrequired the tie may thereafter be pressed or ironed. In this form'of the invention where a gather-up loose stitching 2a is utilized, it is assumed in Figi 9 that the tie is being tied to form an ultimatey knot. when a four-in-hand tie according to this construction is tied without having finally passed the front portion 22 underneath the cross-over or turned portion 21, the said front portion 22 will be in front of the cross-over portion 21. mere weight oi the front portion of the tie will then cause the novel ornamental depression or fold 23 to be generated or start to appear at' 23a in a partially formed condition. When the front portion 22 of the tie is inserted back of the crossf over portion 21 shown in broken lines and the same pulled down so as to form a knot in the gathering up the material of the lining 25 through the medium of the loose 4thread or stitching 2l The depression 23 is formed by -l below the knot is at the location 23a,

fact that if a preformed depression be made in the face 31 of the tie so that is made in thev tie so as to form a preliminary depression. This causes a complementary depression 23 to be formed in the longitudinal central portion of the tie, and

Athe ornamental part of the depression 23 appears visually below the knot. The result is obtained in this form of the invention by reason of the fact that the loose thread or stitching 28 is so acted upon as to draw more or less together the through and through stitches 34 which lie at opposite sides of the stitching 26 for the lining and to gather up the material. In practice the result mentioned actually occurs, whether or not the lining-25 is slightly tacked or connected with the inner surface of thefront or face of the tie portion 22 by means of stitching 28.

The critical point for generating the depression and it is a tie only at a point corresponding with 23a but underneath -the face material of the tie the full length of the depression will be started from such point and traverse downwardly back of the cross-over 21, the lower end of the depression 23 appearing as a neat ornamental effect below the knot.

Referring to Figs. l2 to 16 inclusive a modification is illustrated wherein the face portion 31 of the tie at its inner surface material is slightly tacked to the inner parts of the tie. The tie lining 38 is placed between the back 36 and the front portion 31 of the tie. A line of stitching 39 may be used, and if it is used itis stitched into the tie in similar manner to that described with respect to Figs. 2, 3 and 4. Blind stitching 40 preferably is caused to pass through and into the material of the tie while the tie is in the position shown in Fig. 12. Here the object is the stitches 40 to pass across tie and to pass through the back 36 and the lining 38 and into only the inner surface of the front or the actual front face of the tie to mar the appearance thereof. When a tie so constructed is adjusted to form stitches will cause a depression to be formed in the visible front part of the tie and within the. knot. Enlarged Fig. 16 illustrates how the blind stitching loops at 4I into and is tacked over the inner surface material of the front of the tie. If desired, the stitching 39 alone may be so tacked to the inner surface material.

Figs. 1'1 and,18 show another modification,

Here the lining only is shown. The stitching 43 corresponds to the stitchingshown and described with respect Similar stitching 44 and '45 is respectivelylocated at opposite sides of the line of stitching 43 and is of the same characteras stitching 43.- With such modification the desired depression or gathering also may be assured. Y

Another modification is shown in Fig. 19 which is a single line or skeleton View made Ain similar fashion to Fig. 6 andl aforesaid figure represents another type of necktie wherein the fabric or material of the back 46 has wide inturned portions 41, 48 lying between the back and the lining 49. Stitching 50 similar to stitching 28 to pass through the thicknesses of the back 46, inward portions 41, and lining 49, the stitching going only through three thicknesses.

It is obvious that in any event a preformed depression may be made in the knot forming portion of the tie to produce the desired ultilto cause portions of the back 36 of the they are not visible on a knot therein, these blind Fig. 18 being exaggerated for the sake of clearness.-

to Figs. 2 to ll inclusive.

mate effect. The many ways in which this may be done will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and we do not limit the invention, except as defined by the scope of the appended claims. What we claim as new is:

l. A'stretchable necktie of the four-in-hand type having stitching disposed in the knot form-4 ing area thereof for automatically forming a dimple in thenecktie when it is made up into a knot, said dimple extending from within the knot to a point below said knot, said Vstitching comprising loops disposed transversely of the 1ongitudinal axis of the necktie, said transverse loops being interconnected and facing the front part of the necktie.

2. A stretchable necktie of the four-in-hand typehaving stitching disposed in the knot forming area thereof for automatically forming a dimple in the necktie when it is made up into a knot, said dimple extending from within the knot to a. point below said knot, said stitching comprising longitudinal rows of loops on one side of the material, said rows being spaced from each other across the width, of said necktie, and loops on the other side of the material transversely disposed with respect to the longitudinal axis of the necktie.

3. A stretchable necktie of the four-inhand type having stitching disposed in the knot forming area. thereof for automatically forming a dimple in the necktie when it is made up into a knot, said dimple extending from within the knot to a point below said knot,.said stitching comprising longitudinal rows of loops, said rows being spaced from each other across the width of said necktie and interconnected.

4. A necktie of the four-in-hand type having stitching disposed in the, knot forming area thereof for automatically forming a dimple in the necktie when it is made up into a knot, said dimple extending from within the knot to a point below said knot, said stitching comprising longitudinal rows of loops located at the back of the necktie, said rows being spaced from each other across the width of said necktie, said spaced rows of loops being formed from a single continuous thread, said thread being under tension and permanently fixed at opposite ends thereof to said necktie wherebyto preform a longitudinal ridge therein to aid in the automatic forming of said dimple.

5. In a necktie of the four-in-hand type having a tubular fabric casing and a stretchable lining disposed within said casing, stitching disposed in the knot forming area of said lining for automatically forming a dimple in the necktie when it is made up into a knot, said stitching comprising longitudinal rows terconnecting transverse loops, said longitudinal rows beingspaced from each other across the width of the lining and disposed on the opposite side of the lining from the transverse loops.

V 6. A necktie including an end portion and a resilient lining therein yieldably extensible longi- .tudinally of the necktie, said lining having a row of stitching extending generally along the axis of the lining and slidably passing therethrough, said stitching comprising successive longitudiv nally extending stitch sections and transverse 70 stitch sections connecting the ends of adjacent longitudinal sections, said transverse stitch sections being on the front face of the lining. '7. A necktie including a casingyieldably extensible longitudinally of the necktie, said casu `ing having a row of stitching extending generalof loops and inly along the axis thereof and slidably passing through the longitudinal edges of said casing thereby connecting the same and forming a tube, said row of stitching being disposed in the rear portions of the necktie, said stitching comprising successive longitudinally extending stitch sections and transverse stitch sections connecting the ends of adjacent longitudinal sections, said transverse stitch sections being within said tube adjacent the rear surface of the front portion of said casing.

8. A stretchable necktie of the i'our-in-hand type having a resilient lining therein yieldably extensible longitudinally of the necktie and having stitching disposed in the knot forming area thereof for automatically forming a dimple in the necktie when it is made up into a knot, said dimple extending from within the knot to a point below said knot, said stitching passing through said lining and comprising loops crossing the longitudinal axis of the necktie, said lastmentioned loops being interconnected and facing the front part of the necktie and being wholly on the front face of the lining throughout the knotforming area of the necktie, said stitching also comprising longitudinally extending portions disposed rearwardly of the lining and on both sides of the longitudinal axis of the necktie and laterally spaced from said axis.

9. A necktie including a casing and a lining each yieldably extensible longitudinally of the L necktie, said casing having a row of stitching extending generally along the axis thereof and slidably passing through the longitudinal edges of said casing thereby connecting the same and forming a tube and said stitching also slidably passing through said lining, said row of, stitching being disposed in the rear portions of the necktie, said stitching comprising successive longitudinally extending stitch sections and transverse stitch sections connecting the ends of adjacent longitudinal sections, said transverse stitch sections being within said tube adjacent the rear surface o'i the front portion of said casing and forwardly of the lining.

l0. A necktie including a casing having an end portion, a resilient lining in said casing yieldably extensible longitudinally of the necktie, said lining having a row of stitching extending generally along the axis of the lining and slidably passing therethrough, said stitching comprising successive longitudinally extending stitch sections and transverse stitch sections connecting the ends of adjacent longitudinal sections, said transverse v stitch sections being on the front face of the lining and within the casing, said stitching extending through both the lining and the casing.

:HENRY NAFI'AII. VALEN'I'INE NAFrALI. 

